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fragments of mould tumble from the hol/owcd banks of 

 rivers or lakes, these fragments, by the accumulation of 

 other mould, often lose their rude and broken form, are 

 covered with the freshest grass, and enriched with t^ifts of 

 natural flowers ; and though detached from the bank, and 

 upon a lower level, still appear connected wi',h it, and vary 

 its outline in the softest and most pleasing mannei. as 

 fragments of the same kind will always be de act ed ^'"om 

 ground that is undermined, so by their means the ^'ime 

 effects may designedly be produced ; and they will suggest 

 numberless intricacies and varieties of a soft and pleasing, 

 as well as of a broken kind. 



It will of course be well understood that we have here 

 not supposed our proposed lake to be located in a valley 

 that must be filled to the brim, or in a tame flat when the 

 water would rise to the same level as the adjacent ground. 

 In such situations there could be but little room for the 

 display of a high degree of picturesque beauty. On the 

 contrary, when the surrounding ground in many places 

 rises gradually, or is naturally higher than the proposed 

 level of the water, there is room for all the variety of banks 

 of various heights, form, and outline, which so spring out 

 of the neighboring undulations and eminences, and con- 

 nect themselves with them, as to appear perfectly natural 

 and in proper keeping. 



In arranging these outlines and banks, we should studv 

 the effect at the points from which they will generally be 

 viewed. Some pieces of water in valleys, are looked 

 down upon from other and higher parts of the demesne ; 

 others (and this is most generally the case) are only seen 

 from the adjoining walk, at some point or points where the 

 atter approaches the lake. They are most generally seen 



